Expanding the List of Protected Grounds within Anti-Discrimination Law in the EU

The Equinet report Expanding the List of Protected Grounds within Anti-Discrimination Law in the EU looks into how the expansion of the list of protected grounds in anti-discrimination law enhances the effectiveness of the anti-discrimination legal framework and its implementation.  

Commissioned by Equinet and written by Dr. Sarah Ganty and Dr. Juan Carlos Benito Sanchez, this report is based off a literature and case law review and a survey and interviews with equality bodies and stakeholders. The report has a specific focus on three types of grounds: socio-economic disadvantage, health status, and gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics. Beyond these three focus grounds, the report also discusses briefly genetic heritage, physical appearance, additional or complementary grounds related to racial or ethnic origin, and non-EU nationality. In addition, this report presents important recommendations to equality bodies on the role they can play in the expansion of grounds.

An accessible version of this report is available here.